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New insights into active tectonics and seismogenic potential of the Italian Southern Alps from vertical geodetic velocities
Letizia Anderlini
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Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Bologna, Italy
Enrico Serpelloni
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy
Cristiano Tolomei
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy
Paolo Marco De Martini
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy
Giuseppe Pezzo
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy
Adriano Gualandi
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Giorgio Spada
DiSPeA, Urbino University, Urbino, Italy
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Short summary
The Venetian Southern Alps (Italy) are located in a slowly deforming plate-boundary region where strong earthquakes occurred in the past even if seismological and geomorphological evidence is not conclusive about the specific thrust faults involved. In this study, we integrate and model different geodetic datasets of ground velocity to constrain the seismogenic potential of the studied faults, giving an example of the importance of using vertical geodetic data for seismic hazard estimates.
The Venetian Southern Alps (Italy) are located in a slowly deforming plate-boundary region where...
